5 point Christmas bonus for firsts – Young guns contribute to well deserved victory Cooke got an early Christmas gift with a well-earned bonus point win over Coleraine in this bottom of the table clash in Qualifying One. Within minutes and as spectators emerged from lunch it was the visitors who opened the scoring with […]
Armagh has generated the unenviable record of starting off games with the scoreboard clicking away before they decide to play properly! Last week it was Instonians who had notched up a 16-0 score against the Armagh team before the local side got into gear! This week, after only seven minutes play Ards had notched up […]
Ireland Women’s RBS 6 Nations Squad Named as IRFU Announce Italy Game in AVIVA Stadium The IRFU today announced that the first ever women’s RBS 6 Nations fixture to be staged at the AVIVA stadium will take place on 8th March 2014 as part of an RBS 6 Nations Super Saturday double-header as the men […]
IRFU appoint Gillian McDarby as Women’s Sevens Team Manager For Immediate Release The IRFU is pleased to announce the appointment of Gillian McDarby as National Women’s Sevens Team Manager. Gillian joins the IRFU from Cycling Ireland where she held the position of Women’s National Development Coach. At Cycling Ireland, Gillian was responsible for athlete performance […]
Six schools from across Belfast attended a cross community rugby blitz organised by Ulster Rugby coaches. Over 80 children from Bunscoil an Tsleibhe Dhuibh PS, St. Mary’s PS, Nettlefield PS, Taughmonagh PS, Belvoir Park PS and Moneyrea PS were involved in the event. It was a great day of rugby with plenty of skill and […]
Pupils from Downshire School are pictured at Ulster Rugby’s Contact Blitz at Ballyclare Ulster Rugby hosted a Contact Rugby Blitz on Monday that involved over 80 local Year 8 and 9 schoolboys. Five schools attended the event; Parkhall Integrated College, Larne High School, Larne Grammar School, Carrick College and Downshire School……. for the full story […]
Rugby Introduced to Rio’s Public Schools Rio 2016 and CBRu working hard to make the most of Olympic feeling More than 10,000 new players since April thanks to IRB’s Get Into Rugby Nearly half of new participants are female ‘It was love at first sight, the children really identify with the sport’ As Rugby counts […]